Artist
Website Link |
Title
Purchase Link |
Year |
Rtg |
Comments |
Says Who? |
| Walker, Joe Louis |
The Gift |
1988 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Walker, Joe Louis |
Great Guitars |
1997 |
4.0 |
Pairs JLW w/ several guest. Hilite is a slide duet with Bonnie Raitt. |
EB.com |
| Walker, Joe Louis |
Preacher & the President |
1998 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Walker, Joe Louis |
Silvertone Blues |
1999 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Walker, John Earl Band |
Little Miss Perfect |
2002 |
4.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Walker, John Earl Band |
Live At Chicago Blues NYC |
2002 |
4.5 |
Live audio quality a little ragged, but really good, raunchy blues guitar. Good song slection. |
EB.com |
| Walker, John Earl Band |
I'm Leavin' You |
2003 |
4.0 |
Raw passion, honest, |
EB.com |
| Walker, John Earl Band |
People Are Talking |
2005 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Walker, Phillip |
Blues |
1988 |
4.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Walker, Phillip |
The Bottom Of The Top |
1989 |
3.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Walker, Phillip |
Someday You'll Have These Blue |
1991 |
4.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Walker, Phillip |
Big Blues From Texas |
1999 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Walker, Robert |
One For The Road |
2006 |
4.5 |
Guitarist from Germany. Instrumental Rock w/ stong blues feel, ala Satriani |
EB.com |
| Walker, T-Bone |
Low Down Blues |
1986 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Walker, T-Bone |
T-Bone Blues |
1989 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Walker, T-Bone |
Complete Imperial Recordings |
1991 |
4.0 |
Amazing, 50 year old, good quality stuff. Traditional must have! |
Visitor |
| Walker, T-Bone |
The Complete Capitol/B & White |
1995 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Washington, Walter 'Wolfman' |
Wolf At the Door |
1991 |
4.5 |
Rhythm & Blues soulful groove. |
Visitor |
| Water Street Blues Band |
Water Street Blues Band |
1997 |
2.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy |
Live at Newport |
1960 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy |
Hard Again |
1977 |
4.0 |
Featuring guest guitarist Johnny Winter |
EB.com |
| Waters, Muddy |
Chess Box |
1989 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy |
Hootchie Coochie Man |
1996 |
3.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy |
His Best 1947-55 |
1997 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy |
His Best 1956-64 |
1997 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy |
King of the Electric Blues |
1997 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Waters, Muddy - Tribute |
Tribute to Muddy Waters |
1999 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Watkins, Beverly |
Back in business |
1999 |
3.0 |
60+ year bundle of energy, great guitar & harp & strong voice. See her live |
Visitor |
| Watson, Johnny |
3 Hours Past midnight |
1987 |
3.0 |
Crossed over to Disco! Should of stayed there!!! |
Visitor |
| Watson, Johnny |
16 Great Hits |
1990 |
2.5 |
Mediocre compiliation, ironcially has piano prominent in the mix |
Visitor |
| Watson, Johnny "Guitar" |
The Very Best of Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
1999 |
4.0 |
18 song compilation of 50's and 60's recordings. |
EB.com |
| Watson, Mojo |
Black Beauty |
2004 |
4.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Weathersby, Carl |
Don't Lay Your Blues on Me |
1996 |
4.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Weathersby, Carl |
Looking out my Window |
1997 |
3.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Weathersby, Carl |
Restless Feeling |
1998 |
3.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Webb, Stan |
Black Night |
1997 |
3.0 |
A remastered collection of early recordings (1876-1981). Not recommended. |
EB.com |
| Webb, Stan |
Webb |
2001 |
4.0 |
Stan the "Chicken Shack" man's' newest release |
Visitor |
| Webb, Stan (Chicken Shack) |
Simply Live |
1989 |
4.5 |
Superb live recording of the way underrated Stan Webb & Chicken Shack |
Visitor |
| Webb, Stan (Chicken Shack) |
Plucking Good |
1993 |
4.5 |
Except for a three song run into lala land, this is full of great stuff. |
EB.com |
| Webb, Stan (Chicken Shack) |
Webb's Blues |
1994 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Webb, Stan (Chicken Shack) |
Stan 'The Man' Live |
1995 |
4.5 |
Another strong live set. Very raw and animated guitar. |
EB.com |
| Webber, Garth |
Get a Grip on the Blues |
1991 |
4.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Webber, Garth |
Man On A Mission |
2000 |
4.5 |
If you like Robben Ford's blues oriented playing, you will surely like this |
EB.com |
| Weeden, J.S. "Largemouth" |
Makin' A Livin' Fishin' |
2005 |
2.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Welch, Mike |
These Blues Are Mine |
1996 |
2.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Welch, Mike |
Axe To Grind |
1997 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Welch, Mike |
Catch Me |
1998 |
3.5 |
Only a few blues songs, mostly 70's-80's pop style tunes |
EB.com |
| Welch, Mike |
Adding Insight to Injury |
2004 |
3.0 |
Welch continues trend of mixing a few strong blues cuts w/ diverse material |
EB.com |
| Weld, Dave |
Rough Rockin In Chicago |
1991 |
2.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Wells, Junior |
Southside Blues Jam |
1970 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Wells, Junior |
Better Off With the Blues |
1993 |
4.0 |
Funky blues harp; still struttin' his stuff. |
Visitor |
| Wells, Junior |
Come On In This House |
1996 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Wells, Junior |
Live at Buddy Guy's Legends |
1997 |
3.5 |
Junior without Buddy on guitar is like a taco with no hot sauce. |
Visitor |
| Wells, Junior |
Best of the Vanguard Years |
1998 |
5.0 |
18 tracks of Junior and Buddy - all of their best stuff. |
Visitor |
| Wells, Junior |
Calling All Blues |
2000 |
3.5 |
Compilation of Junior Wells' recordings from 1957-63 |
EB.com |
| Wells, Junior w/ Buddy Guy |
Hoodoo Man Blues |
1965 |
3.5 |
Early Junior Wells and Buddy Guy |
EB.com |
| West Side Heat |
Live at Blues On Grand |
2003 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| West, Jill & Blues Attack |
Faceful of Blues |
2001 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| West, Nathaniel Street |
Light Out for the Territory |
2003 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| West, Nathaniel Street |
American Way |
2004 |
3.0 |
Contemporary acoustic blues |
EB.com |
| Wet Willie |
Drippin' Wet |
1973 |
5.0 |
If you like The Hoax, you'll like this. |
Visitor |
| Whyte, Ellen |
Standing at the Sunrise |
2001 |
3.5 |
Vocal oriented electric blues. Well engineered CD. |
EB.com |
| Wild Root Coulee |
Great Northwest |
2005 |
2.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Wiley, Kris |
Breaking the Rules |
1999 |
4.0 |
Excellent female blues guitarist/vocalist. Soul tinged blues. |
EB.com |
| Williams, Jody |
return of a legend |
2001 |
4.5 |
hard to believe he was away from music for over 30 years |
Visitor |
| Williams, Jeff |
Burning Blue |
1994 |
3.5 |
Instrumental mix of jazz and blues. A few decent cuts |
EB.com |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy |
Essential Sonny Boy Williamson |
1993 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy |
His Best |
1997 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Williamson, Sonny Boy II |
Keep It Too Ourselves |
1990 |
4.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Wilson, Brad |
Live |
2007 |
4.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Wilson, Hop |
Houston Ghetto Blues |
1993 |
5.0 |
In my top 10 |
Visitor |
| Wilson, Kim |
Tigerman |
1993 |
4.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Wilson, Kim |
My Blues |
1997 |
4.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Wilson, Michael |
Blues in Black & White |
1998 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Wilson, Roger "Hurricane" |
The Ohio Connection |
2005 |
4.0 |
Blistering guitar work on some cuts |
EB.com |
| Wilson, Roger "Hurricane" |
Live..From the Eye of the Storm |
1996 |
4.5 |
Audio samples at CDBaby.com. |
EB.com |
| Wilson, Ross |
Go BONGO Go Wild |
2001 |
3.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Wilson, Smokey |
Smoke n' Fire |
1993 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Wilson, Smokey |
The Real Deal |
1995 |
4.0 |
Not quite as strong as 'Man From Mars' or 'Smoke n' Fire'. |
EB.com |
| Wilson, Smokey |
The Man From Mars |
1997 |
4.5 |
Smokey's style is a mixture of coarse country vocals with stinging guitar |
EB.com |
| Wilson, Smokey, South Side Slim |
More Blues From the South Side |
2000 |
4.0 |
Smokey Wilson, South Side Slim, and Curtis Tillman mix it up. |
EB.com |
| Wilson, U.P. |
Boogie Boy! |
1994 |
3.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Wilson, U.P. |
Whirlwind |
1997 |
4.5 |
Down and dirty raw texas blues guitar. |
EB.com |
| Wilson, U.P. |
Booting |
1999 |
4.5 |
Infectious, unique driving rhythm guitar, good chigao style leads |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Progressive Blues Experiment |
1968 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Winter, Johnny |
Johnny Winter |
1969 |
4.5 |
Great early Winter blues |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Second Winter |
1969 |
4.0 |
good rock n blues cd |
Visitor |
| Winter, Johnny |
Johnny Winter And... Live |
1973 |
3.5 |
a couple of awesome blue cuts, but mostly hard rock 'n roll |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Still Alive & Well |
1973 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Winter, Johnny |
Captured Live |
1976 |
5.0 |
One of the best Rock/Blues-Rock albums of all time - vintage Johnny Winter |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Nothin' But the Blues |
1977 |
4.5 |
Strong acoustic/electric set, one of Johnny's bluesist CDs. |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Guitar Slinger |
1984 |
4.0 |
All of Johnny's Alligator releases are worth owning |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Serious Business |
1985 |
5.0 |
everyone should own this one |
Visitor |
| Winter, Johnny |
3rd Degree |
1986 |
5.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Winter, Johnny |
Winter of 88 |
1988 |
4.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Let Me In |
1991 |
5.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Hey, Where's Your Brother? |
1992 |
4.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
Live in NYC '97 |
1997 |
4.5 |
Live recording proving Johnny still has his stuff. Great CD |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
White Hot Blues |
1997 |
4.5 |
Good CD, but JW doesn't endorse it. See 'Messages' at JW's site for info |
EB.com |
| Winter, Johnny |
I'm a Bluesman |
2004 |
4.5 |
Great JW Blues CD, good production, some very nice tunes and guitar work |
Visitor |
| Witherspoon, Jimmy and Robben Ford |
Live @ the Notodden Blues Fest |
1992 |
4.0 |
R.Ford's playing is in excellent form..... vocals are a bit disappointing. |
EB.com |
| Wolf Mail |
Solid Ground |
2002 |
4.0 |
A refreshing Blues rock records that strech the style to new horizon.. |
Visitor |
| Wolfe, Todd |
Delaware Crossing |
2003 |
3.5 |
Like his previous release, primarily hard rock oriented. |
EB.com |
| Wolfe, Todd |
Why Thank You Very Much! |
2004 |
4.0 |
Live CD recorded at The Bluetone Cafe. Driving blues-rock. |
EB.com |
| Wolfe, Todd Blues Project |
Live From Manny's Car Wash |
1999 |
4.0 |
Remeniscent of early Clapton, particularly the strong guitar work. |
EB.com |
| Wolters, Coen |
A bit of Everything |
2001 |
4.5 |
His guitar style is unique and emotionally charged. Next guitar hero? |
Visitor |
| Wolters, Coen |
Broken Glass |
2004 |
4.5 |
Coen finally produces the quality CD fans have long been waiting for. |
EB.com |
| Wood, Paul |
Bridgeburner |
1999 |
4.5 |
Good selection of covers and own material. |
Visitor |
| Wood, Paul |
Blues Is My Business |
2001 |
4.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Wood, Paul |
Pirate Radio |
2003 |
4.5 |
Excellent sophmore release - excellent guitar |
EB.com |
| Woods, Mitch |
Solid Gold Cadilac |
1991 |
3.5 |
|
EB.com |
| Woods, Mitch |
Keeper Of The Flame |
1997 |
4.0 |
|
Visitor |
| Woods, Murry |
Murry Woods & Tangled Blue I |
1996 |
4.0 |
Some excellent tracks on here - good Texas Blues Rock CD |
Visitor |
| Wright, Gregg / Left Hook |
Round One |
1995 |
4.0 |
Powerful Blues & Rock re-issued debut - Only 6 songs. |
EB.com |
| Wright, Gregg |
Lightning Strike |
2002 |
4.5 |
Very stong guitar/vocals/songwriting. Extremely well done self-produced CD. |
EB.com |
| Yanks |
Deep Wood |
2003 |
3.5 |
Nice CD of primarily ballads and quieter blues. |
EB.com |
| Yannucci, Vincent |
Soul Groovers |
2001 |
3.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Yngstrom, Clas & Sky High |
Fat Guitar |
1996 |
4.0 |
Sky High guitarist with another good blues/rock set. |
Visitor |
| Yngstrom, Clas & Sky High |
Bluester |
1999 |
4.0 |
Hard rock/heavy blues band from Sweden |
EB.com |
| Yngstrom, Clas & Sky High |
Freedom |
2002 |
4.5 |
Heavy Blues-rock from Swedish band |
EB.com |
| Young Neal & the Vipers |
Thirteen |
195 |
4.0 |
Raw, guitar oriented blues-rock with just a touch swing. |
EB.com |
| Young Neal & the Vipers |
One's Enough |
1998 |
4.5 |
Energetic, rockin' blues |
EB.com |
| Young, Mighty Joe |
Blues With a Touch of Soul |
1970 |
4.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Z, Tommy |
Universal Love |
2005 |
4.0 |
This one is all over the place, but there's some good blues and good guitar |
EB.com |
| Zee, Stevie |
Wail |
199? |
3.5 |
More rock/rap/funk than blues |
EB.com |
| Zinn, Rusty |
Confessin |
1999 |
3.5 |
|
Visitor |
| Zito |
Blue Room |
1998 |
4.0 |
Blues-rock, very heavy blues with metal overtones |
EB.com |
| Zonca, Robi |
DoYou Know |
2003 |
3.0 |
|
EB.com |
| Zonca, Robi |
You Already Know |
2005 |
4.0 |
A little more spirited than Robi's debut |
EB.com |
| ZZ Top |
One Foot in the Blues |
1994 |
3.5 |
Collection of bluesy re-issues from ZZ Tops previous albums |
EB.com |
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Rating Scale: 5.0 = Perfect | 4.5 = Excellent | 4.0 = Very Good | 3.5 = Good | 3.0 = Fair | Less than 3.0 = Forget it!
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